Our latest D'Art question (the 33rd) on how government agencies support 'new media' arts will be used to prepare for a mini-summit in Singapore in July 2008.
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) are co-hosting a mini-summit in July 2008 on government support for new media arts practice. In preparation we are initiating a D’Art research question to identify policy issues and to locate key personnel to invite to the mini-summit. The D'Art question can be viewed here.
IFACCA has already undertaken a variety of work on this topic:
- We held a workshop session The Arts, New Technologies and Innovation at the 2nd World Summit on the Arts and Culture in Singapore in November 2003.
- In August 2004 we co-hosted a Mini-summit on New Media Arts and Technology in Helsinki, Finland, with the Arts Council of Finland and m-cult, which led to the publication of the 'Helskinki Agenda Strategy document on international development of new media culture policy'.
- The IFACCA board published a reponse to the Helsinki agenda in October 2005.
- Our topic page for new media arts on the IFACCA website contains links to resources 'tagged' to the topic of new media arts (including 8 publications, 11 News items, and 4 event listings). The topic page is updated as new resources become available.